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About James Nickel
- James Nickel (born February 9, 1930) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s.
- He finished 11th in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
- He was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the time, and remained with the RCMP until his retirement from the position of Commanding Officer of Regina Subdivision in 1987.
- During his career he was posted at RCMP detachments in Uranium Lake, Tisdale, Regina, Kipling, Punnichy, Hudson Bay, Swift Current, and Winnipeg.
- James Russell Nickel died following a skiing accident on March 28, 1990.
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